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Combination Well-Packer and Setting-Tool. (open access)

Combination Well-Packer and Setting-Tool.

Patent for a well packer and setting tool for the prevention of intermingling between oil and water in a well when used by itself or with other pipes. The invention allows for the packer to be set using the setting tool which can then be removed once the packer is in place.
Date: January 6, 1920
Creator: Abercrombie, Jamie & Dunman, Nesbit M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore (open access)

Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore

Volume of twenty-one essays about folklore in Texas, including essays about police burials, railroads, graffiti, folk music, dance halls, and other folklore. The index begins on page 279.
Date: 1997
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore (open access)

Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore

Volume of twenty-one essays about folklore in Texas, including essays about police burials, railroads, graffiti, folk music, dance halls, and other folklore. The index begins on page 279.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Levert J. Able to Baker, Botts, Andrews & Shepherd, April 8, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Levert J. Able to Baker, Botts, Andrews & Shepherd, April 8, 1954]

Letter from Levert J. Able to Baker, Botts, Andrews & Shepherd discussing the current status of a law suit settlement case.
Date: April 8, 1954
Creator: Able, Levert J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from William Henry Austin to Stephen F. Austin, September 9, 1836] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from William Henry Austin to Stephen F. Austin, September 9, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a letter from William Henry Austin to Stephen F. Austin, on September 9, 1836, discussing his wish to go to Texas and the things that keep him from going.
Date: September 9, 1836
Creator: Austin, William Henry
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George G. Badge to John J. Herrera - 1952-11-29] (open access)

[Letter from George G. Badge to John J. Herrera - 1952-11-29]

Letter from George G. Badge, Chairman of the Immigrant Labor Committee of the Brazoria County Chamber of Commerce in Angleton, Texas, to John J. Herrera, dated November 29, 1952. Badge offers to meet with Herrera to discuss why Brazoria County appears on the LULAC blacklist and what can be done to improve the situation.
Date: November 29, 1952
Creator: Badge, George G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Baker, Botts, Andrews & Shepherd to Thomas Leroy James, June 2, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Baker, Botts, Andrews & Shepherd to Thomas Leroy James, June 2, 1954]

Letter from Baker, Botts, Andrews & Shepherd to Thomas Leroy James discussing the J. F Kirk case and paying attorney fees.
Date: June 2, 1954
Creator: Baker, Botts, Andrews & Shepherd
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, July 31, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, July 31, 1948]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner informing Kempner that 560 acres of land in Brazoria County were leased to Mr. H. J. Porter of Houston, Texas.
Date: July 31, 1948
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of and Apparatus for Sulphur Mining (open access)

Method of and Apparatus for Sulphur Mining

Patent for a methodology and mechanical structure for the mining of sulfur using extendable concentric cylindrical tubes.
Date: July 8, 1919
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench. (open access)

Pipe-Wrench.

Patent for the improvement of pipe wrenches necessary for use in well drilling or other circumstances where a wrench of strong construction is needed. This patent provides for a pipe wrench that can be easily adjusted to fit pipes of differing sizes and is easily manipulated for use regardless of direction.
Date: December 9, 1919
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for a new and improved design for pumps as they are used in deep wells. New design meant to prevent sand from entering machine between the working barrel and plunger.
Date: February 1, 1919
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulphur-Mining Apparatus. (open access)

Sulphur-Mining Apparatus.

Patent for a thermal solvent based sulfur mining apparatus that is placed in a sulfur mining well. Utilizing thermodynamics, the apparatus has a new way to introduce air or steam into the various parts of the apparatus. It is designed with "simplicity and durability of construction" (lines 49-50).
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[American Rice Growers Cooperative Association Report, April 20, 1953] (open access)

[American Rice Growers Cooperative Association Report, April 20, 1953]

American Rice Growers Cooperative Association report on Senate bill number 301 and its implications on water rights, irrigation, and drainage. The American Rice Growers Cooperative Association could be forced to shut off water critical to their operations. J. F. Collier is urging association members to contact their representatives in both legislative houses to voice their opposition to the bill.
Date: April 20, 1953
Creator: Collier, J. F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Price Daniel to John J. Herrera - 1953-04-01] (open access)

[Letter from Price Daniel to John J. Herrera - 1953-04-01]

Letter from Senator Price Daniel of Texas to John J. Herrera, dated April 1, 1953. Daniel is replying to Herrera's request for flags that flew over the Capitol to be purchased for LULAC Councils in Houston, Port Arthur and Freeport, Texas.
Date: April 1, 1953
Creator: Daniel, Price
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Backwoods to Border (open access)

Backwoods to Border

Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1943
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Backwoods to Border (open access)

Backwoods to Border

Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Envelope from George S. Domian to John J. Herrera - 1970-06-25] (open access)

[Envelope from George S. Domian to John J. Herrera - 1970-06-25]

Envelope from George S. Domain addressed to John J. Herrera, postmarked June 25, 1970.
Date: June 25, 1970
Creator: Domian, George S.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Efrain G. Dominguez to John J. Herrera - 1952-12-02] (open access)

[Letter from Efrain G. Dominguez to John J. Herrera - 1952-12-02]

Letter from Professor Efrain G. Dominguez, Consul Adscrito, Consul General's office of Mexico, San Antonio, Texas to John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, dated December 2, 1952. Dominguez writes to Herrera, who is scheduled to meet with the Brazoria Chamber of Commerce to discuss the blacklisting of Brazoria County by the Mexican government.
Date: December 2, 1952
Creator: Dominguez, Efrain G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ground-Water Withdrawals and Changes in Water Levels in the Houston District, Texas 1975-79 (open access)

Ground-Water Withdrawals and Changes in Water Levels in the Houston District, Texas 1975-79

Report on the published data on ground-water development in the Houston, Texas district.
Date: April 1984
Creator: Gabrysch, R. K.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from M. M. Galloway to I. H. Kempner, January 4, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from M. M. Galloway to I. H. Kempner, January 4, 1945]

Letter from M. M. Galloway to I. H. Kempner discussing Galloway being sick for a month and informing Kempner that the Eagle Nest and Maner Lake Club no longer allows guest on the property.
Date: January 4, 1945
Creator: Galloway, M. M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bay Line, Number 16, Fall 1993 (open access)

Bay Line, Number 16, Fall 1993

Quarterly newsletter discussing news, events, and other information related to the management of Galveston Bay and the surrounding watershed.
Date: Autumn 1993
Creator: Galveston Bay National Estuary Program
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bay Line, Number 17, Winter 1993 (open access)

Bay Line, Number 17, Winter 1993

Quarterly newsletter discussing news, events, and other information related to the management of Galveston Bay and the surrounding watershed.
Date: Winter 1993
Creator: Galveston Bay National Estuary Program
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bay Line, Number 18, Spring 1994 (open access)

Bay Line, Number 18, Spring 1994

Quarterly newsletter discussing news, events, and other information related to the management of Galveston Bay and the surrounding watershed.
Date: Spring 1994
Creator: Galveston Bay National Estuary Program
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bay Line, Number 19, Winter 1995 (open access)

Bay Line, Number 19, Winter 1995

Quarterly newsletter discussing news, events, and other information related to the management of Galveston Bay and the surrounding watershed.
Date: 1995-01~
Creator: Galveston Bay National Estuary Program
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History